River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-03-24
NEWS AND NOTES.

The issue of standard silver dollar
last week was Sl3.714.
The total of actual appropriations
made by the late Congress is given as
S241, 387,l LA.
The Hon. William NJ Evarts' boots
are regarded As the finest in the Senate
and are said to cost him S25 pair.
Rome advices are to the effect that
me triple alliance between Austria,
Germany, and Italy was signed March
T.
The Hon. Win Cumback is out lee
turing on The model Husband
The model husband is one who will
Cnmback before p. M.
Alex. Crawford. who killed a promin-
ent merchant nj Winona. Miss. was
taken from jail and hanged from a
railroad trestle
Senator Reagan of Texas has recon-
mended Representative Mills of that
State for appointment on the Inter-
State Commerce Commission.
jeff Davis : expenses at Beauvoir
are very heavy. 80 many people come
to visit him. The old man finds it very
difficult to make both ends meet,
The officers of the Ordnance Crops
very much gratiiied with the perform
ance of the new eight inch steel rifle
now being tested at Sandy Hook.
Gay Gould. Russell Sage, and Cyrus
W. Field do not use tobacco in any
form. Any smoker who will leave off
the habit may aspire to be as good as
they are, though possibly not as
wealthy.
A foreman employed in the British
Government works at Catham has
been suspended, alleged for revealing
important secret naval designs to the
United States and Russian Govern
ments.
The Prime Royal of Greece draws his
pay as a Sub-Lieutenant monthly, like
all the other officers. Recently he
found himself .docked' five shillihgs.
in common with the others. to pay for
his coming of age banquet.
Gen Bennett. the Chief of Ordinance,
says that the failure of Congress to
pass Fertilization Appropriation bill
leaves the fertilization and ordnance
works in worse shape than they were
after the adjournment last session
Not the least of the many good
works performed by the late Jesse We
Fell. of Bloomington. H., was the
planting of several hundred thousand
forest trees in the various towns and
villages throughout the west.
The Governor Of Iowa has issued a
proclamation forbdding the importa-
ton of cattle from Illinois except I'M
der stringent regulations. Cattle kept
within the last twelve months in Cook
County are absolutely prohibited from
entering the State,
Judge Gray of White County. Ark
ansas, was putting ON his wedding suit
the other day preparatory to marrying
Miss Mamie Patty. when he complain
4 ed of pain in his right arm, called for
water. and then died almost instantly.
Archbishop Croke SAYS. in explana-
/ ton OF his attitude on the REM ques-
/ ton, that il never entered his head to
recommend a general uprising
against the payment of taxes. 1t is
believed that the explanation is the re-
suit of pressure from the Pope
/ In making the removals of James d.
/ Bowie. Collector of Customs at Peters
( burg. Va. and John Menshaw. Super
! yising Architect of Steam Vessels for
the Third District, the President has
taken advantage for the first time of
the repeal of the Teuure-of-Ofiice act,
Frank NJ Gray editor of a Wash
ington Territory paper, i a Republican,
but his wife, who helps him. is a Dem
ocrat. The good woman kept quiet
until her husband went off to collect
I subscriptions. and then being obliged
to write the editorials. he let herself
out in Il way which nearly paralyzed
her husbands Republican constituency.
The redoubtable Jimmy Whistler
wrote the other day to William Schenk
( Gilbert as follows: Il like Ruddygore'
much, but hate the name. Why not
say Bloodygore at once; it's the same
thing" To which Gilbert replied: Am
pleased YOU like the piece, but can't
agree about the synonymous meaning
Of bloody and ruddy How would YOU
like me to say l liked your bloody
cheek2' Whistler does not tell this
story. but w ; G. does